Streamlines Process for Employment Authorization

USCIS Streamlines Process for Refugee Employment Authorization Documents

Release Date

03/12/2024

USCIS has begun implementing a streamlined process for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, to provide Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) more efficiently to eligible refugees after they are admitted into the United States. This streamlined process shortens the wait time for an EAD to approximately 30 days instead of several months. All individuals admitted into the United States as refugees on or after Dec. 10, 2023, will receive EADs pursuant to this new process.

Under U.S. law, a refugee is legally authorized to work as soon as they arrive in the United States. Obtaining proof of this work authorization in the form of an EAD, however, was previously a cumbersome paper-based process that led to undue delays. The new process is fully automated and no longer requires refugees to apply for an EAD, allowing for more efficient processing and adjudication of Form I-765 and quicker delivery of EADs after we approve them.

With this new process, USCIS will digitally create a Form I-765 for arriving refugees and begin adjudicating it as soon as they are admitted into the United States. After USCIS approves a refugee’s Form I-765, refugees will generally receive their EAD within one to two weeks. USCIS will mail their EAD via U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail to their address of record. The time frame for a refugee to receive their EAD card may vary, depending on delivery times. Please allow a total of 30 days before inquiring.

USCIS will also electronically provide the Social Security Administration with the information required to assign a Social Security number and mail a Social Security card to the refugee.

USCIS recognizes that documents such as an EAD and Social Security card are critical to a newly arrived refugee’s ability to integrate into the United States. This new process is the result of coordination across the U.S. government to support the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and refugee integration. USCIS is committed to streamlining and digitizing our processes to make them more efficient. We launched this process on Dec. 10, 2023, following a successful trial period.

This process does not apply to following-to join refugees admitted into the United States based on an approved Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition. Additionally, refugees seeking a replacement or renewal EAD will still need to complete and submit Form I-765.

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USCIS rasyonalize Pwosesis pou Dokiman Otorizasyon Travay Refijye yo

Dat lage

03/12/2024

USCIS te kòmanse aplike yon pwosesis senplifye pou Fòm I-765, Aplikasyon pou Otorizasyon Travay, pou bay Dokiman Otorizasyon Travay (EADs) pi efikasman pou refijye ki elijib apre yo te admèt Ozetazini. Pwosesis rasyonalize sa a diminye tan datant pou yon EAD a apeprè 30 jou olye pou plizyè mwa. Tout moun ki admèt Ozetazini kòm refijye nan dat 10 desanm 2023 oswa apre, pral resevwa EAD dapre nouvo pwosesis sa a.

Dapre lwa Etazini, yon refijye gen otorizasyon legal pou travay le pli vit ke yo rive Ozetazini. Jwenn prèv otorizasyon travay sa a nan fòm yon EAD, sepandan, te deja yon pwosesis ankonbran ki baze sou papye ki te mennen nan reta san rezon. Nouvo pwosesis la konplètman otomatize epi li pa egzije refijye yo ankò pou yo aplike pou yon EAD, sa ki pèmèt yon pwosesis pi efikas ak jijman Fòm I-765 ak livrezon EAD pi rapid apre nou apwouve yo.

Avèk nouvo pwosesis sa a, USCIS pral kreye yon Fòm I-765 sou fòm dijital pou refijye k ap vini yo epi li pral kòmanse deside li le pli vit ke yo admèt yo Ozetazini. Apre USCIS apwouve Fòm I-765 yon refijye, jeneralman refijye yo ap resevwa EAD yo nan youn a de semèn. USCIS pral poste EAD yo atravè lapòs Priyorite Sèvis Postal Etazini nan adrès dosye yo. Delè pou yon refijye resevwa kat EAD yo ka varye, selon tan livrezon. Tanpri pèmèt yon total de 30 jou anvan ou mande.

USCIS pral bay Administrasyon Sekirite Sosyal la enfòmasyon ki nesesè pou bay yon nimewo Sekirite Sosyal epi voye yon kat Sekirite Sosyal pou refijye a.

USCIS rekonèt ke dokiman tankou yon EAD ak kat Sekirite Sosyal enpòtan anpil pou kapasite yon refijye ki fèk rive pou l entegre Ozetazini. Nouvo pwosesis sa a se rezilta kowòdinasyon atravè gouvènman ameriken an pou sipòte Pwogram Admisyon Refijye Ameriken an ak entegrasyon refijye yo. USCIS pran angajman pou rasyonalize ak nimerik pwosesis nou yo pou rann yo pi efikas. Nou te lanse pwosesis sa a nan dat 10 desanm 2023, apre yon peryòd esè siksè.

Pwosesis sa a pa aplike pou swiv pou rantre nan refijye yo admèt Ozetazini baze sou yon Fòmilè I-730, Petisyon Relatif Refijye/Azilye. Anplis de sa, refijye k ap chèche yon EAD ranplasman oswa renouvèlman ap toujou bezwen ranpli epi soumèt Fòm I-765.